Atlético de Madrid and Barcelona star in the star party of the tenth round of LaLiga Santander. Two of the main candidates for the title face each other in the Metropolitan Wanda, after the national team break, in a match where the Barça of the three points.
The start of the new project Ronald Koeman have been irregular, although they come from winning, in the Camp Nou, to Betis from Manuel Pellegrini 5-2, with a great performance by Leo Messi, when he came out in the second half of the game.
Currently the blaugrana have only played seven games, like the colchoneros, since both competed in the Champions League during the past month of August. Barça currently has 11 points out of 21 possible, with three victories, two draws and two defeats.
The losses of Barça against Atleti
The long-term injury of Ansu Fati It is a hard setback for the Barça team, since the young squad was one of the competitive certainties of the Barcelona, already gave verticality, intention and goal. Before this low, Koeman will have to see how this gap is supposed to be, surely with Dembelé, Griezmann and Messi on the attack front. In addition, it is also low in the Barça team Sergio Busquets, who suffered a sprain of the external lateral ligament of his left knee in the match between the Spanish team and Switzerland.
The Atlético de Madrid of the Cholo Simeone, for his part, comes at a great moment to this duel against the Barcelona. The rojiblancos have 17 points out of 21 possible, six ahead of the Blaugrana in also seven games, with five wins and two draws. They come from thrashing Cadiz at Metropolitan Wanda (4-0), who came to the duel as the best visitor of The league.
Luis Suárez misses the game against his former team
The mattresses add up four consecutive victories in LaLiga Santander, since they won the Celta Vigo in Bullets (0-2), Betis (2-0), Osasuna (1-3) and the aforementioned team from Cádiz. The moment of form Joao Félix, Marcos Llorente, Koke and company, despite the significant losses suffered by the rojiblancos due to the national team break: Luis Suárez and Lucas Torreira they miss it for coronavirus, while Hector Herrera he does it for a muscle injury in his left leg.
When do you play Atlético – Barcelona?
The game is played today, Saturday, November 21, at 21.00 hours
Where to see Atlético – Barcelona?
The encounter can be seen by Movistar LaLiga (46) Y Movistar LaLiga 1 (47), platform dial Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information live on the website of Sports world.